and a dog ,just what is that dog reading war and peace lol.yes xp is prettier i agree its slower maybe in a corporate world its superior 4 networking and such but in a average day 2 day home pc i think people want ease and 98se is ez and with all the patches tweaks sp etc all the things that use 2 make 98se a crash specialist are long gone your right .Me was a rush job all the advances in xp can and are being put into 98se now anyway so i guess we all win but the only issue i see is the nt built programs not compatable on the 9x kerel i smell a conspiracy .